In the segregated South of the early twentieth century, unwritten rules guided every aspect of individual behavior, from how blacks and whites stood, sat, ate,
As the fight for equal rights continues, Defiant takes a critical look at the strides and struggles of the past in this revelatory and moving memoir about a you
Many people believe that racism and discrimination against those of African descent was primarily an American experience. However, this book dispels that myth b
White southerners recognized that the perpetuation of segregation required whites of all ages to uphold a strict social order -- especially the young members of
This “viscerally powerful . . . compilation of firsthand accounts of the Jim Crow era” won the Lillian Smith Book Award and the Carey McWilliams Award (Publ